Complexes of palladium (II) with L-proline. Mixed L-prolinato nucleoside complexes of Palladium (II)

The reaction of Palladium (II) chloride and L-proline (ProH) in aqueous solution gave the dimeric complex, Pd(Pro)Cl₂, which was characterized by elemental analysis, molecular weight, conductivity measurements and IR and NMR spectra. The complex, reacted further with the purine nucleosides inosine or guanosine (Nucl) and the complexes Pd(Pro)(Nucl-H⁺) were isolated from aqueous solution. The insolubility of these complexes suggested a rather polymeric structure in which the nucleoside bridges two adjacent palladium atoms through its N(7) and the exocyclic O(6) atoms. Reaction in dmso gave the complex Pd(Pro)(Nucl)Cl in which the nucleoside act as monodentate ligands with their N(7) atom as ligation site. In aqueous solutions these complexes are quantitatively transformed to the polymeric analogues with the liberation of HCl. The nucleoside adenosine (Ado) reacted in a different way giving only the dimeric complex Cl(Pro)PdAdoPd(Pro)Cl] in which adenosine bridges two palladium atoms through its N(1) and N(7) atoms. Finally with the pyrimidine nucleoside cytidine (Cyd) the monomer Pd(Pro)(Cyd)Cl was isolated.